A scorching jobs desert

A century ago, when Daniel Burnham was noodling his Plan of Chicago, he famously urged civic leaders to make no little plans. “Make big plans,” he added. Less known is the advice Burnham gave in the very next sentence: “Aim high in hope and work.” When Peter McKnight launched his Jamaica Jerk Villa restaurant at…

The real source of American prosperity

The U.S. needs all the jobs it can get, and we’re all for employers bringing factory work back here from China and other foreign locales. We support American manufacturing — period. But the nation is not going to see the return of loads of jobs that have been lost to outsourcing. The U.S. will prosper…